Cannot Bear To Let Go Of My Rich Wife
Chapter 736 - 754: Pain should be shared by everyone (7)

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The person Elijah Smith is collaborating with in this visit to Arandalle is called Clarence Cooper. They were both from Old Bellshire, initially Arandalle was merely a branch, but its profits in recent years far exceeded those of the main company in Bellshire, and then the industry was branched out from Arandalle to overseas. So, in the last two years, he was rooted in Arandalle.

The second day, Elijah Smith and Clarence Cooper arranged to have dinner together, the place that was chosen was a famous local cuisine restaurant in Arandalle.

Elijah Smith had lost many of his old dandy ways over the years, his airs of privilege had also faded a lot, he had become more punctual, perhaps a habit formed in Bellshire due to frequent traffic jams. He always liked to set off an hour early for every meal, so he kept this habit when he came to Arandalle. As a result, the smooth traffic made him arrive almost forty minutes early.

When Elijah Smith was waiting alone in the private booth, it was indeed a bit boring, so the waiter turned on the TV for him.

A cup of hot Greentea was placed before him.

The TV was showing a finance channel in Arandalle, the female host, with her exquisite makeup, sat in the studio, saying: "Please welcome our mystery guest for today——"

This has been a new show over the past two years, where each week, a business celebrity would be invited for an interview.

Elijah Smith wasn’t curious about who would be interviewed that day. He just glanced at the TV screen as the host spoke, and then saw Ella Adams, in an elegant pink dress, emerging gracefully amidst applause.

Elijah Smith’s gaze froze on the TV screen.

After Ella Adams elegantly sat down, the host, holding a microphone, couldn’t wait to say, "It’s truly a rarity to have Miss Adams here today."

Ella Adams gave a faint smile, saying: "Hello."

Subsequently, a business interview that lasted for a dozen minutes began. It was probably about her business travel life. Elijah Smith did not express any interest in the content, but was staring at Ella Adams on the TV screen, subconsciously comparing her with the girl who used to snuggle beside him.

She was much more beautiful than before, which made his heart flutter even more. However, she missed the innocence and purity of the past in her eyes, replacing it with a sense of alienation and indifference.

When she talked, it was still her habit to smile first. But her smiles no longer reached the bottom of her eye, making one feel that she was not smiling with her heart.

She didn’t speak much, the majority of it was the host speaking as she kept her replies brief. In the end, as if to lighten the atmosphere, the host asked Ella Adams some personal questions: "Miss Adams, beautiful and talented women like you are rare. There must be many admirers. I wonder if you’ve found a special someone, are you planning on getting married?"

There was still a light smile on Ella Adams’s face, yet her heart ached harshly.

Marriage... the thought was strongest in her mind when she met Elijah Smith five years ago.

If someone were to ask her then, she would have decisively said: I want to marry Elijah Smith.

But now, the man she wanted to marry most has become a stranger with no connection to her.

Even now, she realized that a glimmer of hope was still preserved in her heart... the hope that she could still marry Elijah Smith.

Does this mean she was spineless?

It seems so... from five years ago in the café at the entrance of Starhaven University, when she resolutely told him they should break up, yet deep down hoping he would retain her, to her indignant entry into the hospital and lying on the operating table ready to remove the little yellow thing (her baby) in her body, her heart was filled with complaints.